VLVL What's it all "about"?

[joeallonby]

on 2/14/04 9:23 PM, Terrance at lycidas2 at earthlink.net wrote:

> 
>> 
>> "Uhuru", by the way, means "freedom" in Swahili, and is used in the name of
>> various world-wide organisations devoted to democracy and equity for African
>> peoples, including an organisation which began in California in 1981
> 
> I wonder if Pynchon knows that. I don't know any brothers who  speak or
> read Swahili, but reconnaissance in Black English means,  to police and
> area. And, it kinda makes sense, don't you think?

And furthermore:

<http://www.reggae-reviews.com/blackuhuru.html>

<http://www.reggaemovement.com/Artists/BlackUhuru.htm>

<http://www.rasrecords.com/blackuhuru/>

I'm surprised Monroe wasn't all over this. They go back to 1974.